WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 667

CHAPTER 667
(House Bill 1409)

AN ACT concerning

Well Permit Fees - Heat Pumps

FOR the purpose of specifying that the owner of a ground water pump system is required
to pay only a single well permit fee, regardless of the amount of loops, for a well
cluster associated with the heat pump system; and generally relating to well permit
fees.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 9-1307
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Environment

9-1307.

(a)     In applying for a permit to drill a well, the well driller shall give the
Department any information the Department requires.

(b)     As a condition to issuing a permit to drill a well, the Department may require
that samples of the materials encountered in drilling the well be preserved and submitted
to the Department.

(c)     A county board of health may establish a permit fee to defray county expenses
in inspecting and testing wells. The fee may be charged before a permit required under §
9-1306 of this subtitle is issued. The fee may not exceed $80 per well OR $80 PER
CLUSTER OF WELLS TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO TRANSFER HEAT TO OR FROM
THE GROUND OR GROUNDWATER. A permit shall be valid for a period of 12 months
from the date of issuance by the approved delegated permitting authority.

(D) THE OWNER OF A GROUND WATER HEAT PUMP SYSTEM IS REQUIRED TO
PAY ONLY ONE WELL PERMIT FEE, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF LOOPS
ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR GROUND WATER HEAT PUMP SYSTEM.

[(d)](E) A county board of health may waive a fee for a well that is drilled to
replace a well not in conformity with the regulations adopted under § 9-1305 of this
subtitle.

Approved May 26, 1994.

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